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The space-saving alternative to RJ-45 connectors for high-speed industrial networks

Data is the fuel of industrial productivity. And to transfer data fast and reliably, industrial equipment makers can choose from many standard communications protocols, of which the best known is…

About right, or exactly right? Infineon’s broad range gives designers the ability to choose the ideal gate driver

The term ‘One size fits all’ is attractive to manufacturers of clothing. If items such as baseball caps can be made in a single size for all customers, the manufacturer…

New high-performance MCU family can save designers from migrating to a microprocessor architecture

The extraordinarily rapid advance in the capability of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology is having a dramatic effect on the design of typical microcontroller applications. Suddenly, design engineers…

Autonomous Mobile Robots: how onsemi offers a short cut to design success

The design of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) calls for the integration of many functional elements: a navigation system, a safety and environment awareness system, a power system including battery…

Solutions for Functional Safety in an industrial automation application environment

This article deals with the increasing importance of Functional Safety (FuSa) and the resulting requirements especially in the industrial automation application field, with a focus on motion control applications. Product…

How to Make Embedded System Design More Resilient in the Face of Supply Chain Disruption

Figure 1: The dimensions of the 4 standard OSM form factors (Source: iWave) Manufacturers of embedded systems have long known about the benefits and trade-offs of basing designs either on…